ARTICLE II-                  SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR NHSA CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

                  Section 1:  A reasonable deadline shall be established by the members for receipt of entries for NHSA Championships.  The team designated to receive those entries and to do the seeding for the meet, shall have available a copy of its team entries to the League at the time of the deadline.

 

                  Section 2:  The NHSA Championship shall offer a full complement of events.

 

                  Section 3:  The age groups for the NHSA Championships will be as follows; 8 and unders, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 & 17-18.  Relays shall be composed of the same age groups except that the 15-16 & 17-18 age groups will be combined and designated 15-18.  A coach may ³age-up² a swimmer for a relay without jeopardizing that swimmer¹s eligibility in their true age group.

 

                  Section 4: The scoring and awards will be determined by the vote of the members at the annual meeting.

 

                  Section 5:  There will be a meet jury composed of a representative from each division as well as the head referee, the meet director.  The meet jury will act as an appeal function when rule interpretations are required or when process is questioned.  In no way is this jury t change or alter rules set forth by USS or contained in the NHSA By-laws, or set forth in this document.